Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Uncoupling of invasive bacterial mucosal immunogenicity from pathogenicity

  • Simona P. Pfister,
  • Olivier P. Schären,
  • Luca Beldi,
  • Andrea Printz,
  • Matheus D. Notter,
  • Mohana Mukherjee,
  • Hai Li,
  • Julien P. Limenitakis,
  • Joel P. Werren,
  • Disha Tandon,
  • Miguelangel Cuenca,
  • Stefanie Hagemann,
  • Stephanie S. Uster,
  • Miguel A. Terrazos,
  • Mercedes Gomez de Agüero,
  • Christian M. Schürch,
  • Fernanda M. Coelho,
  • Roy Curtiss,
  • Emma Slack,
  • Maria L. Balmer,
  • Siegfried Hapfelmeier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15891-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Virulent pathogens generally induce a stronger mucosal immunity than avirulent strains, but whether the associated inflammation is necessary for this is unclear. Here, using auxotrophic Salmonella enterica, the authors show that virulence factor function determines induction of protective IgA.